Joseph Mullen
Overview
Joseph Mullen [Joseph Michael Rex Mullen] has expressed support for terrorists and helped organize a 2021 Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) protest in support of anti-Israel violence at Cornell University (Cornell).Mullen also pushed an anti-Israel statement at the Cornell Student Assembly (SA) as a 2021 incoming College of Arts and Sciences Representative with the Cornell SA.
Mullen has also demonized Israel and is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
As of March 2022, Mullen was also listed on Cornell’s Office of The Assemblies website as the 2021-2022 “Assembly Manager - Vice President for Internal Operations” on Cornell’s SA: Appropriations Committee, Executive Committee, Executive Cabinet, Communications Committee, Dining Services Committee, Environmental Committee, Elections Committee, Infrastructure Fund Commission and Office of Ethics.
Mullen was also a 2020-2021 member of the Cornell’s SA Financial Aid Review Committee, Director of Federal Relations at Cornell’s Office of Student Government Relations and Undergraduate Student Representative of the University Assembly Campus Welfare Committee.
During the same period, Mullen was listed as Vice President for Internal Operations, SA of the “Assemblies Leadership.”
The Assemblies Leadership is composed of the “three most senior leaders of each Assembly, the student and employee elected trustees, the dean and associate dean of faculty, the vice president for university relations, and staff from the Office of the Assemblies.”
Mullen’s LinkedIn said he was an undergraduate student at Cornell, studying Political Sciences and Government/Africana studies, slated to graduate in 2024.
As of March 2022, Mullen’s LinkedIn also said he was involved with Cornell’s societies and groups: the Pi Lambda Sigma (Political Pre-Professional Society); the Cornell International Affairs Society (CIAS); the Office of Student Government Relations (OSGR) and the Prison Reform and Education Project (PREP).
As of the same date, Mullen’s LinkedIn said he was a Delegate for the “Bernie Sanders for President” campaign at the 2020 Democratic National Convention from May to August 2020 and an intern at the Florida House of Representatives from February to March 2020.
Mullen’s Facebook said he was located in Ithaca, New York.
As of March 2022, Mullen used the handle “blondebolshevik” on Twitter and indicated that his location was “free palestine.”
Supporting Terrorists
Mullen retweeted a September 6, 2021 tweet by Cornell SJP activist Malak Abuhashim that said: “Palestinians are having a field day with the hole from Gilboa Prison and I’m here for it 
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The tweet was accompanied by several photos of the hole Palestinian terrorists used to escape Gilboa prison.
On September 6, 2021, six Palestinian prisoners escaped from the maximum-security Gilboa Prison in Israel. The escaped prisoners were convicted members of the terror organizations Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, who were jailed for their involvement in attacks carried out during the second intifada. All were recaptured by September 19, 2021, by Israeli authorities.
Protest Supporting Anti-Israel Violence
In May 2021, Mullen reportedly helped organize and promoted a Cornell SJP’s May 15, 2021 “March for Palestine” on Cornell’s Ho Plaza.
On May 12, 2021, Mullen tweeted: “ @ all Cornell students: be there on Saturday, May 15th for a Nakba Day March in Solidarity with Palestine!” and shared Cornell SJP’s poster calling to “SAVE SHEIKH JARRAH” and “SAVE AL-AQSA.”
The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
Incitement around Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah were leading factors in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists firing over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at Israel’s major centers on May 10-21, 2021. In response, Israel launched “Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW),” striking military targets in the terrorist-controlled enclave.
On May 12, 2021, Cornell SJP promoted their upcoming march on Facebook, calling on their followers to “show support for the ongoing rebellion in occupied Palestine against the Zionist occupation” and condemn “Zionism and Israeli state terrorism.”
On May 15, 2021, Cornell SJP demonstrators participated in the group’s march. Protesters displayed a banner that read: “Stand with Palestinian Resistance,” as well as signs that read: “End the Palestinian Holocaust” and “Stop the US Funding of Genocide.”
At the protest, one demonstrator accused [slide 2] Israel of “white supremacy,” as well as [slide 1] “ethnic cleansing” and “violent brutal occupation.”
Mullen claimed that [00:01:50] South African style apartheid “lives on in one place today - Israel” and characterized [00:01:59] Israel as a “a massive police state” that “brutalizes, monitors and murders Palestininans.”Mullen also pledged [00:00:50] “to end Cornell’s relationship with Israel.”
Also on May 15, 2021, Mullen tweeted: “Cornell showed t f[the f**k] up for Palestine today. This is the next generation of college students who will fight for a Free Palestine #Nakba73.” Mullen also attached a photo of Cornell SJP’s protest.
Later that same day, Mullen posted a series of photos of himself participating in the Cornell SJP protest to his Instagram and added: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free. Thank you to Cornell students, faculty, and community for showing up for this struggle to free Palestine and end the modern Apartheid. 🇵🇸✊❤️.”
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” is a chant calling to dismantle the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state.
On May 17, 2021, Cornell student newspaper The Cornell Sun reported that Mullen was a featured speaker at the protest, where he “compared Israel’s actions to apartheid in South Africa.”
The article reported that Mullen intended to “organize a rally and march for Palestine every May 15, while also advocating for Cornell’s divestment from Israel in the SA.” Mullen also reportedly condemned Cornell’s partnership with the Technion-Israel’s Institute of Technology.
Pushing an Anti-Israel Statement
In May 2021, Mullen signed an anti-Israel statement titled: “Recognizing and Condemning Violent Attacks Against Palestinians.” Mullen reportedly read the statement out loud at a May 13, 2021 Cornell SA meeting, earlier.
The statement, published on Cornell SA letterhead, said: “We, the undersigned, are writing to condemn the violent and vicious acts of terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and settler-colonialism, that have been plaguing Palestinians for years and specifically regarding recent events.”
The statement also alleged Israel carried out “illegal evictions” and deliberately targeted Palestinians celebrating Ramadan for violent attacks. Claiming “Mosques full of Muslims observing the last 10 days of Ramadan in solitude were attacked with grenades and ransacked,” the statement also alleged that Israel was considering an invasion of Gaza during the Islamic holiday of Eid.
The statement then called on the university administration to “act immediately” to end “their relationship with Technion in Haifa, Israel” and “any relationship between the Cornell University Police Department (CUPD) and Israel.” The statement also called on the University to issue a statement in defense of Palestinian rights and to reconsider investments in Israel.
On May 13, 2021, Cornell’s student newspaper, The Cornell Review, reported that Abd Elmagid, as well as Uche Chukwukere, SA Vice President of Finance and SJP Cornell affiliate, and Joseph Mullen, an SJP Cornell activist and incoming College of Arts and Sciences Representative, introduced the anti-Israel statement during the final SA meeting of the year.
The statement was signed by 23 students, but neither voted on nor enacted by the SA.
The statement, published on Cornell SA letterhead, said: “We, the undersigned, are writing to condemn the violent and vicious acts of terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and settler-colonialism, that have been plaguing Palestinians for years and specifically regarding recent events.”
The statement also alleged Israel carried out “illegal evictions” and deliberately targeted Palestinians celebrating Ramadan for violent attacks. Claiming “Mosques full of Muslims observing the last 10 days of Ramadan in solitude were attacked with grenades and ransacked,” the statement also alleged that Israel was considering an invasion of Gaza during the Islamic holiday of Eid.
The statement then called on the university administration to “act immediately” to end “their relationship with Technion in Haifa, Israel” and “any relationship between the Cornell University Police Department (CUPD) and Israel.” The statement also called on the University to issue a statement in defense of Palestinian rights and to reconsider investments in Israel.
On May 13, 2021, Cornell’s student newspaper, The Cornell Review, reported that Abd Elmagid, as well as Uche Chukwukere, SA Vice President of Finance and SJP Cornell affiliate, and Joseph Mullen, an SJP Cornell activist and incoming College of Arts and Sciences Representative, introduced the anti-Israel statement during the final SA meeting of the year.
The statement was signed by 23 students, but neither voted on nor enacted by the SA.
On May 14, 2021, Mullen shared [slide 12] to his “Free Palestine” Instagram story highlights a post by Abd-Elmagid.
In the post, Elmagid extensively [slide 12] criticized Hillel’s chapter at Cornell for condemning the anti-Israel statement and defended Hamas’s firing of 4,000 rockets at residential targets in Israel, stating: “palestinians have an unequivocal right to defend themselves.”
Demonizing Israel
On May 14, 2021, Mullen shared [slide 2] a short video clip to his “Free Palestine” Instagram story highlights of Democrat U.S. House of Representative member Cori Bush, labeling Israel as an “apartheid” state.
On that same day, Mullen also posted [slide 4] to his“Free Palestine” Instagram story highlights: “‘But we’re just attacking Hamas’ ok explain why the ‘most democratic country in the Middle East’ is bombing newspaper HQ’s in Gaza.”
On that same day, Mullen also posted [slide 4] to his“Free Palestine” Instagram story highlights: “‘But we’re just attacking Hamas’ ok explain why the ‘most democratic country in the Middle East’ is bombing newspaper HQ’s in Gaza.”
Mullen’s post also included a tweet that claimed that “Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed the Al-Jawhara and Al-Shorouk office buildings in Gaza city, which house more than a dozen international and local media outlets.”
On May 15, 2021, Israel carried out a targeted bombing of a high-rise building in Gaza that was used as a base for Hamas operations. The building was also used by the Al Jazeera Media Network and other major news outlets. The Israeli military warned all of the building’s tenants to vacate the premises one hour prior to the attack.
On May 19, 2021, Mullen tweeted: “Israel is using a wide array of propaganda to justify its Apartheid.”
On June 9, 2021, Mullen shared [slide 22] to his “Free Palestine” Instagram story highlights a collage of South African posters demonizing Israel with text that read: “ISRAEL IS AN APARTHEID STATE,” “END THE OCCUPATION END THE WAR” and “No to Zionism and Racism.”
Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their own national home, and the right to develop their national culture.
On June 17, 2021, Mullen tweeted a photo-op featuring a late-night show host Conan O’Brien surrounded by female Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, and added: “American late night hosts normalizing the occupation because feminism.”
Supporting BDS
On July 19, 2021, Mullen tweeted: “Ben and Jerry's literally said they're gonna keep doing business in Israel lol [laughing out loud]. Corporations only want to save face so they can keep doing business in Apartheid states. ‘Ethical’ Capitalism will not end Apartheid.”
On July 19, 2021, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s announced it would stop all product sales in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The BDS movement celebrated the decision, calling on the ice cream company to boycott the State of Israel in its entirety. However, company owner Unilever overrode the subsidiary’s decision after multiple US states decided to divest public funds from Unilever.
On May 24, 2021, Mullen displayed an “EndTechnionTies” Instagram story highlight on his Instagram home page, where he wrote [slide 1]: “If you don't know, now you know: Cornell’s relationship with Technion and the Israeli occupation.”
On July 19, 2021, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s announced it would stop all product sales in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The BDS movement celebrated the decision, calling on the ice cream company to boycott the State of Israel in its entirety. However, company owner Unilever overrode the subsidiary’s decision after multiple US states decided to divest public funds from Unilever.
On May 24, 2021, Mullen displayed an “EndTechnionTies” Instagram story highlight on his Instagram home page, where he wrote [slide 1]: “If you don't know, now you know: Cornell’s relationship with Technion and the Israeli occupation.”
Mullen accused [slide 3] the Technion of “furthering Apartheid and settler colonialism” and of “doing research to support the Israeli military and the IOF [Israeli Occupation Forces].” Mullen then said [slide 6]: “Cornell has to end its Partnership with Technion.”
“IOF” stands for Israeli Occupation Forces, a derogatory name used by anti-Israel activists to demonize Israel’s army in place of its official name, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
On that same day, Mullen posted the same series of slides to his Instagram page.
Cornell SJP - Overview
Cornell SJP has dismissed anti-Semitism, supported anti-Israel violence and whitewashed terrorists. The student group has also disrupted Israel Day campus events multiple times, demonized Israel and campaigned for the BDS movement.Cornell SJP activists wrote an anti-Israel statement and presented it at Cornell’s Student Assembly (SA) in May 2021.
Cornell SJP - Dismissing Anti-Semitism 2020-2021
On May 28, 2021, Cornell SJP posted to Instagram, opposing [Slide 1] a May 26, 2021 letter [Slide 1] by Cornell President Martha Pollack, which took notice of the “alarming national rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes...amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East,” and appealed for “rigorous discourse and debate, devoid of personal invective and attacks.”Cornell SJP condemned [Slide 4] the term “ongoing tensions” and blamed Israel exclusively for Palestinian-Israeli tensions, accusing Israel of “apartheid” and “provocations against Palestine, from the occupation of Sheikh Jarrah to the assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque and the bombings of the Gaza strip.”
Incitement around Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah were leading factors in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists firing over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at Israel’s major centers on May 10-21, 2021. In response, Israel launched “Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW),” striking military targets in the terrorist-controlled enclave.
Cornell SJP also rejected [Slide 7] President Pollack’s call for “rigorous discourse and debate,” promoting, instead, “the duty to resist colonial violence.”
Cornell SJP called on their Instagram followers to “send an email to [the Cornell] administration in regards to their complete dismissal of the ethnic cleansing and apartheid of Palestinians.”
Cornell SJP attached a link in their Instagram bio to a google document of an email condemning President Pollack’s letter, signed by Cornell professors, as well as Cornell students and student groups.
Cornell SJP - Glorifying Terrorist Ghassan Kanafani 2019-2020
On January 28, 2020, Cornell SJP shared to their Facebook a post from a local communist collective known as the Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists (CORS), glorifying terrorist Ghassan Kanafani and promoting Kanafani’s rejection of any negotiations with Israel.Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the terrorist organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during their formative years. Kanafani was also involved in the Lod Airport Massacre near Tel Aviv, for which PFLP took responsibility.
Cornell SJP - Demonizing Israel 2020-2021
On April 21, 2021, Cornell SJP promoted an April 22, 2021 “virtual teach-in” on the “Deadly Exchange” and encouraged students to “tune in to find out what it will take to end the militarization of campus police and (one aspect of) Cornell's complicity in the occupation of Palestine!”Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) launched the “Deadly Exchange” campaign in 2017. The campaign claimed that American Jewish organizations promoted human rights abuses. A video for the campaign by JVP accused American Jewish organizations of planning programs between American and Israeli security personnel, to advance“racist policies.”
On December 13, 2020, Cornell SJP hosted a teach-in titled: “Health and the Israeli Occupation.”
The event description alleged: “The apartheid system imposed by the Israeli occupation of Palestine extends to all facets of life, including health and medical treatment…Hospitals in Gaza are frequently demolished by Israeli bomber planes.”
Hamas has used hospitals in Gaza as command centers, weapons storage and launch sites for missile and rocket attacks against Israel in violation of international humanitarian law in regard to armed conflicts.
Cornell SJP - Demonizing Israel 2019-2020
On February 21, 2020, during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Cornell SJP hosted a webinar titled: “Mental Health Under Siege - the Case of Palestine” given by four members of the Palestine Global Mental Health Network (PGMHN) steering committee.The Facebook event description accused Israel of “political violence, institutional racism, and internal colonialism,” claiming that Israel does not “just target the physical living conditions of the Palestinians, but aims to break the very fabric of their society, their souls, and their psyche as well.”
One of the speakers, Mustafa Qassoqsi, described [00:11:53] the founding of the state of Israel as the “colonization of Palestine by European Jews” and accused [00:13:15] Israel of “settler colonialism” and [00:15:00] “ethnic cleansing.”
Another presenter, Samah Jabr, head of the Mental Health Unit within the Palestinian Ministry of Health, claimed [00:38:15] that Israel’s humanitarian aid to Gaza is a “deceiving mask for sadistic intentions.”
Rana Nashashibi, a psychologist living and practicing in Jerusalem, alleged [00:46:54] that the Gaza Strip and most of the West Bank today is “very much like a huge, overcrowded prison, whose inmates are kept in check by heavily armed guards at the gates.”
Nashashibi added [00:47:11]: “If…this prison were to be called anything, it would be ‘a ghetto.’”
On November 22, 2019, Cornell SJP hosted an event titled: “Teach-in Gaza: Life inside the world's largest open air prison.”
The event description on Facebook said: “we will be discussing the history of Gaza from the Nakba to the Great March of Return to last week's military aggression by Israel. Learn more about U.S ally Israel's role in creating the world's largest open air prison...and how Palestinians today are fighting back for their lands.”
The term “Nakba” is generally translated as “catastrophe” in Arabic, referring to the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It is a term often used to delegitimize the creation of the State of Israel by defining it as a catastrophe.
The “right of return” is a Palestinian demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
In November 2019, Israel launched Operation Black Belt to stop rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. From November 12 to November 14, 2019, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group sent hundreds of rockets into Israel, targeting major civilian population centers.
Cornell SJP - BDS Overview
In February 2019, Cornell SJP launched an anti-Israel divestment campaign, calling on the University to divest from Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) and any companies which Cornell SJP claimed “profit directly from Israeli military occupation.”Cornell SJPmembers tried to [00:23:03] deny that the resolution was part of the larger BDS movement, a tactic encouraged [00:58:53] by BDS-founder Omar Barghouti. Cornell senators also used a secret ballot to vote on the bill. The bill ultimately failed to pass.
In October 2019, Cornell SJP moved to direct confrontation, disrupting the quarterly meeting of Cornell’s Board of Trustees and calling on the Board to “sever ties” with the Technion. Cornell SJP also called to eliminate the Board’s power of discretion in investments in “the occupation of Palestine.”
Cornell SJP - Divestment Campaign 2018-2019
In February 2019, Cornell SJP launched an anti-Israel divestment campaign, introducing and pushing S.A. Resolution 36, “Urging Cornell to Divest from Companies Profiting from the Occupation of Palestine and Human Rights Violation.”Cornell SJP’s resolution called on Cornell to divest from Cornell Tech’s partnership with the Technion. Cornell Tech is Cornell’s technology, business, law and design campus.
Cornell SJP also called on the university to divest from Tata Motors, Ingersoll-Rand, Raytheon, G4S, and Hewlett-Packard and any other companies SJP Cornell claimed “profit directly from Israeli military occupation.”
Cornell SJP also said: “We will publicly name endowment investments…and hold university leadership responsible for complicity in crimes of apartheid.”
On February 18, 2019, Cornell SJP delivered a letter to Cornell’s President Martha Pollack calling on the University to “divest from companies profiting from morally reprehensible human rights violations in Palestine.”
On April 11, 2019, Cornell SJP presented their divestment initiative to Cornell’s Student Assembly (SA). During the discussion, Mahfuza Shovik, a resolution sponsor, denied [00:23:03] the resolution was part of the BDS movement.
Cornell SJP - Divestment Campaign 2019-2020
On October 19, 2019, Cornell SJP in conjunction with Islamic Alliance for Justice (IAJ) and other student organizations disrupted the quarterly meeting of Cornell’s Board of Trustees, and then held a protest outside the meeting venue.Protesters called on the Board to “sever ties” with the Technion and claimed the Technion engaged in “morally reprehensible” behavior. Protesters also called to eliminate the Board’s power of discretion in investments, so as to “stop funding atrocities in Palestine” and end “the 71 year long Israeli occupation of Palestine!”
SJP
SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.
The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.
SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.
SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.
Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.
BDS
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.” BDS is an allegedly “Palestinian-led movement,” although leading BDS activists have admitted [00:01:01] this is not true.
One of the demands of BDS includes [point 3] what is generally known as the “right of return,” a demand discredited as a way to eliminate Israel. Barghouti said the “right of return” is a means to “end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.”
Barghouti has said that BDS “aims to turn Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.”
In his activism, Barghouti has also said [00:05:55] regarding Israel: “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No…rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”
The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from Hamas in 2017.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments and student groups, backed by their own anti-Israel members and affiliates, have proposed resolutions on some form of boycott of, or divestment from, Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities.
Boycott resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.
BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. On one campus, when the student government debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats against those opposing it.
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Infamous Quotes
“Israel is using a wide array of propaganda to justify its Apartheid.”
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free. Thank you to Cornell students, faculty, and community for showing up for this struggle to free Palestine and end the modern Apartheid.”
